The family of Africa's youngest billionaire, Mohammed Dewji, who was
kidnapped in Tanzania last week, has reportedly offered a reward for
information leading to his rescue.

According to BBC, speaking for the first time since his abduction, Dewji's
family said that they were willing to give
a reward of $444 000 to anyone with information about his whereabouts.

"We [the Dewji family] want to assure
anyone with the information about the whereabouts of our son to come forward
and we will treat their information as secret," Dewji's uncle Azim Dewji was
quoted as saying during a press conference.

Dewji, 43, was snatched by gunmen as he entered a hotel gym in Dar es
Salaam on Thursday last week, AFP reported.

"Up until now, 20 people have been arrested," Interior Minister
Kangi Lugola told reporters, without giving any detail on their identities.
"Security forces are working day and night" to find him.

Officials implicated the involvement of foreigners, saying he was taken by
"whites".

Dewji was chief executive of the MeTL Group which operates in some 10
countries and has interests in agriculture, insurance, transport, logistics and
the food industry.

According to Forbes, he was worth $1.5 billion and ranks 17th on the list of
African billionaires.

Between 2005-2015, he served as a member of parliament and in 2013, he
became the first Tanzanian to grace the cover of Forbes magazine. Two years
later, he was named Forbes' Africa Person of the Year.

Dewji was also the main shareholder in Tanzania's Simba FC football club.

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